Cigar-rolling machine.



H. R. ONEY & L. V. RANSOM.

CIGAR ROLLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0m. 13. I916.

1,289,528. Patented Oct-.- 1, 1918.

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H. R. ONEY & L. V. RANSOMQ CIGAR ROLLING MACHiNE.

APPLIQATION FILED ocr. 1a. 1916.

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H. R. ONEY & L. V RANSOM. ClGAR ROLLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 067.13. I916.

Paimnted Oct. 1, 1918.

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To all whom it may concern;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH R. ONEY AND LEWIS V. RANSOM, OF SISTERSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA.

CIGAR-ROLLING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1, 1918.

Application filed October 13, 1916. Serial No. 125,439.

Be itknown that we, HUGH R. ONEY and LEWIS V. RANsoM', citizens of the United States, residing at Sistersville, in the county of Tyler and State of West/Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar-RollingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto .machines used for rolling cigars,,stogies and the like. and which are generally known as cigar rolling machines. I

The invention has for-its object to produce a simple and efficient machine of improved construction, to facilitate the application of the Wrapper to'the bunch of a cigar, stogie. or the-like. I. p

A further object of the invention is to produce a machine of the class described embodying a power belt adapted to be actuated by the foot of the operator by means of suitable, mechanism, a pocket belt driven by frictional contact with the power belt and adapted toform a pocket for the reception of the bunch, and a pocket drum which is movably supported and over which the wrappermay be fed to the bunch. v

' I A further object of the invention is 'to produce simple and improved mechanism whereby the power belt will be. driven in one direction when actuated by the opera ator by means ofapedahsaid power belt being permitted to remain stationary on the return movement of-the pedal during which the finished product may be removed from the pocket andthe unwrapped bunch substituted therefor. k l

A.- further object of the invention is to produce simple and eflicient means for antomatically adjusting the tension on the pocket belt .to produce a product of the proper dimensions.

With these and other ends view which will. readily appear as the nature gof the invention is better understood, the "same consists inthe improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts" 1 which will be, hereinafter. fully describedand particularly pointed out inthe claims;

In the accompanying drawings has; been illustrated a simple andv preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhib-; ited, but-that changes, alterations and modi ing the power belt.

fications withinthescope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings I s Figure 1 is a top plan view of a machine constructed in accordance With the invention. k

s Fig, 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on the line 3-3in Fig. 1.

Fig.4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 in Fig. 1.-

Fig. 5 is a sectional, detail view showing the pocket drum swungback to permit the insertion of a bunch.

Fig. 6. is a transverselsectional detail View taken through the clutch devices for actuat- Fig. 7 "is a horizontal sectional detail view taken on the line 7. 7 inFig. 6. V

Correspondingpartsin the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference. The main frame of the improved machine which is of rectangular form is composed of side members 15, front and rear end members 16, 17, said frame being adapted to' be supported on suitable legs or supports, parts of which h'avebeen shown at 18. Bearings are provided near the rearward end of thjeframe for a relatively large drum 19, saidbearings, which are designated by 20, being supported for longitudinalsliding movement inguldes 21' which are provided with set-screws22, whereby longitudinal adjustment of the bearings may be effected. Supported for rotationrelatively near the forward endof the frame is a drum 23. A belt or apronj24, known as the power belt, is trained over the drums 19and'23, it beingunderstood that V v byfadjustment a of the bearing members 20 the" said belt may be properly tensioned:

fThe innerside faces ofthe side members 15ers provided with longitudinally disposed guide cleats 25, whereby the clutch carrlages 26 are supported and guided; The clutch carriages afford; bearings for, a roller 27' roller; saidcarriages areal'so provided with: i

ported for .ro tationiqand also for; vertical.

slots 28 whereinaioller 29,- which willbe known as the lowen'clutch roller, is sup movement.-* A yoke 5B, the IimbsorQsideI f I members. 10f 1 which, 30;; are pivotallyconof the latter, constitutes a pedal member, the

which will be, known; as the upper clutch in the-pocket drum, and saidpocket drum bridge piece 31 being adapted to be engagcd,

which'braces or connecting rods 33 are pivotally connected, said braces beingprovided with bearings for the lower clutch roller.

It will be seen that .when the yoke is swung or moved in a rearward direction by the foot of the operator, the-lower clutch roller will be lifted by the action of the braces until a portion of the lower lead of the power belt is clamped between the lower and upper clutch members. "By a continued movement of the yoke the clutch carriages willbe caused to travel rearwardly-in their respective guides, thus operating the power belt in such a manner as to causethe top lead of said belt to movelin'a forward direction. 11611 theyoke isretu'rned toits: initial position, the'grip of theclutch' rollers on the power belt will be released and theforward movement of theyokeand related parts will :be accomplished without movingthepower belt.

Supported for rotation in the side members ofthe'frame near th'e front end thereof is a roller 34 on the shaft of which is pivotally mounte'dthe pocket druniD which is a trough-shaped member of approximately semi-cylindrical form, the convex side of whichispresented upwardly so as to extend ab'ovethe top edges of the side members of the frame. It will 'be observed that the roller 34, while 'jou'rnaled in the side members of the frame, is practioally located withcarries a second roll'er 35, the shaft'of which, 36, projects beyond the ends of the pocket drum so as to benormally supported on the topedges of the side members of the frame,

as clearly seen in Fig. ;1. The drum D is; provided with a downwardl andforwardly" extending arm 37 whichis connectedby af spring 38 withthe forward end portion of the frame, said spring serving to move-the pocket drum" in a downward and forward? direction until 'the end'p'ortions of the shaft 36,- which constitute stop members, above, described, engage the top edges of the'sid'e members 15 of the frame; The pocket drum is equipped with a-springfyoke40-which is maintained in position; by coiling portions o'f-the'limbs thereof'on the end portions of; the shaft 36, said'coils being 'seenat 41, and the endportions of' theyoke being formed; with hooks 42 engaging {the end portions of the pocnet drum, The bridgeportion of the yoke 40 constitutes a handle, wlie1-ebytl1eg drum 'n'iay beinovedmgainst the tension of the springf38fsaid'gbridge portion being, ,h wev'er, bent, so f'that the; middle' p'oi'tioir thereof will constitute a holder *which slightlyengages-the topifacehof the drum and' ben'eath' which the wrapper 'n'i'ay'be fedJ The side members f'of the frameare pro 7 actuated;

vided, intermediate the ends thereof with tubular uprights elf provided in the inner faces thereof with slots l5, said iilprights affording housings for coiled springs 46, the

lower ends of which are provided with eyes 471 affording bearings for the shaft 48 of a roller49 which is in this manner supported or suspended for vertical movem'ent between the tubular uprights. The latter are connected together at their upper ends by a cross bar 50, andiensionrods' 51 and nuts- 52 are pr0vided for the springs -alfi. The pocket belt I 53*is trained over the large drum 19, over' the-roller 29 and over the rollers 34 and 35 within the pocket'drum, the last mentioned roller,'35,- which is carried by the p'ocket for thereoeption of the bunch which is to be wrapped. For the purpose of equalizing the tension on the-pocket belt flat springs 54 l are provided, said springs being secured oir thetop faces ofthe side members of the frame; with their free ends engaging and bearing against the lower side of the shaft of the-spring supported roller 49. Springs- 54 coeperate with springs -46 and serve to maintain roller 49 against undue vibration; 'It will be observed; that the pocket belt, which is constantly un er ten' $1011 1s alsoconstantl'ym frictionalengage' m'entQwiththa't portion of 'thepower belt which-is trained over thelargedrum 19,

causingthe said pocket belt to befrictionally driven by the power b'elt when the latter is -*Supported ongthe frame atthe front end thereofis a table"55,-' the rear end of which overhangs the convex'portion of the-pocket dr'uin', "the parts being so arranged and proportioned that "the sw-iiigingmovement' of the pocket drunr will not bej interfered with, 'while at the sanie time the. rear edge of the table 55 practical-1y contacts T with the face of the drum so as to preventimaterial front dropping between i the table and the drum.

The said table forms a support 'for the ma te- =It maybe stated that 111 the prefeued con-- struction of the machine -the' severa-l drums rial used the workman.

and rollers over which the power belt and the pocket "belt are trained are p'referably. coated or faced"with-rubber or other suitable yielding material. Thisprineipally applies to the drum 23" and Itoth'e roller 35 "between wince-the pocket for'f the reception of the bun c h 'i 1 1i the operation of this device, the opera.

tijr placesthe f'biiiich'whicli has been prea vipuslv" formed in the loop or pocket formed iihej'belt 53 -between the drum 23 and the re" p :35", *the; pocket druni having been; previouslyrocked in for-ward direction against the tension of the spring 38 to per mit the bunch to be conveniently inserted.

One finger of the operator engages the central portion 43 of member 40 as shown in F 1g. 5 when rocking drum D in the manner specified. The pocket drum having been restored to its initial position, and the wrapper having been inserted beneath device 43 the operator now by actuating the pedalyoke B imparts motion to the power belt and incidentally to the pocket belt which is frictionally actuated thereby, at the same;

swinging the top drum forwardly, as before. The product may be finished and tipped by the operator before placing another bunch in the machine, or'it may be passed to another workman for finishing. 7

The improved machine, as will be-l seen from the foregoing description, is extremely simple in construction, and it hasbeen found thoroughly effective and useful for thepurposes for which it is provided.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a machine of the class described,a'

pocket belt, a power' belt and mounting means therefor, means for gripping and moving the power belt longitudinally, a rocking member, rollers amounted therein and around which the pocket belt is trained, said belt last named inclosing the power belt, and said rocking member acting to throw the pocket belt into engagement with the power belt.

2. In a machine ofthe class described, a frame, drums carried thereby, a power belt trained over the drums, a pair of carriages guided for longitudinal movement with respect to the frame, one at each side of the power belt, clutch rollers mounted in the carriages, one at each side of the bottom lead of the belt, and means. for actuating the clutch rollers and the carriages to impart movement in one direction to the power belt. Y

3. In a machine of the class described, a frame, drums carried thereby, a power belt trained over the drums, carriages guided for longitudinal movement on the frame, one at. each side of the power belt, said carriages having slots, a clutch roller supported for rotation in the carriages adjacent to one face'of the bottom lead of the belt, a second clutch roller supported adjacent to the other side of .thebottom lead of the belt and havmg slots of the carriages, a pedal-yoke con- "sion.

its shaft terminally extended into the nected pivotallywith the frame, and braces connected pivotally with the limbs of said yoke, said braces having bearings for the shaft of the last mentioned clutch roller.

4. In a machine of the class described, a frame, drums carried thereby, a power belt trained over the drums, carriages mounted for longitudinal movement adjacent to the sides of the belt, clutch rollers supported by the carriages, one adjacent to eachface of the bottom lead of the belt and one of said clutch rollers being movable toward and from the other clutch roller to grip-and release the belt, and swingingly supported means for actuating the carriages and the movable clutch roller, said means including braces having bearings for theshaft of the said movable clutch roller. v

5. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a suitably supported power belt, means for intermittently actuating the same, said means comprising a pluralityof rollers one of which is movabletoward and away from the other whereby the belt is gripped by the rollers and caused to travellongitudinally, a pocket belt surrounding the power belt and frictionally contacting with portionsthereof to be driven thereby, and rollers carried by the frame and-over which the pocketbelt is guided. to space portions thereof from the power belt, one of said guide rollers being :resilientlysupported to maintain the pocket belt under proper ten- 6. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a power belt, means for intermittently operating said belt, slotted tubular uprights carried by the frame, a guide roller extending between said uprights, tension springs housed in the uprights and having eyes in which the roller is supported for rotation, a second guide roller carried between the side members of the frame near the front end thereof, a pocket belt surrounding the power belt and guided over the guide rollers, and means for depressing a portion of the pocket belt to form a pocket.

7. In a machine of the class described,a

frame, a power belt, means for intermittently actuating the same, a pocket belt surrounding the power belt and contacting with a portion thereofto bedriven thereby and spaced from other portions thereof, the i spacing means including a guideroller and a tension roller, a pocket drum mounted to rock toward and away from the power belt, and a'roller carried by the pocket drum and over which the pocket belt is guided. I f

8. In a machine of the class described, a I

frame, a-w power belt, means for intermittently actuating the same, a. pocket belt surrounding the power belt and contacting with a portion thereofto be driven thereby and spaced from other portions thereof,

the spacing means including a guide roller and a tension roller, a pocket drum mounted torock tmvard and away from the power belt, and a roller carried bythe pocket drum and over which the pocket beltis a guided, said power belt having a supporting drum at the forward end thereof, and said pocket drum being spring actuated in the direction of said supporting drum to form a pocket in the pocket belt between said supporting drum and the roller carried by the pocket drum. a

9. In a machine of the class described, a frame, an intermittently operable power belt, a pocket belt surrounding the power belt and driven frictionally thereby, supporting means for the pocket belt including a tension roller and 'a guide roller, a spring actuated pocket drum mounted to rock toward and away from the power belt, and a roller carried by the pocket drum and hav-v ing a shaft protruding beyond the ends belt, a pocket belt surrounding the power belt and driven frictionally thereby, sup

porting means for the pocket belt including a tension roller and a guide roller, a spring actuated pocket drum mounted to rock toward and away" from the power belt, and

a roller carried by the pocket drum and having a shaft protruding beyond the ends.

thereof to form stop members engaging the side members of the frame, and a res llent yoke having coils engagingthe protruding end portions of the shaft, said yokethaving I an intermediate portion engaging the convex top face of the pocket drum.

llrln a machine of the class described,

the pocket dru1n;- said pocket drum consistmg of a semi-cylindrical hollow struc-z turegand a table engaging the convex face of the'pocket drinn. L

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures. Y r v HUGH R. ONEY,

LEVVISV. RANSOM;

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